Göllersdorf

Göllersdorf is a market town with 2981 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Hollabrunn in Lower Austria.

• 2.1 policy
• 2.2 Population development

Geography

Göllersdorf lies in the wine district in Lower Austria about 15 kilometers north-northwest of Stockerau in the valley of the brook Goeller. The area of ​​the municipality covers 59.56 square kilometers. About one- third of the area is forested.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 12 places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

• Bergau (226 )
• Eitzersthal (150)
• Göllersdorf ( 1443 )
• Großstelzendorf (278 )
• Upper Grub ( 93)
• Oberparschenbrunn (97)
• Porrau (105 )
• Schönborn ( 25)
• Untergrub (70 )
• Viendorf (284 )
• Wischathal (63)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Bergau, Eitzersthal, Furth, Göllersdorf, Großstelzendorf, Upper Grub, Oberparschenbrunn, Porrau, Schönborn, Untergrub, Viendorf, Viendorf Weingebirge and Wischathal.

History

Today's municipal area was already inhabited in the Neolithic period. The first mention of Göllersdorf was at 1130. Cadastral The Großstelzendorf was first documented in 1195. For the year 1468 the market in Göllersdorf is occupied.

Historically significant Göllersdorf is set up by here, concluded on April 14, 1632 contract between Emperor Ferdinand II and Albrecht von Wallenstein ("Agreement of Göllersdorf " ), with the Wallenstein again as Supreme Commander of the Imperial Army.

1710 bought by the Prince-Bishop Friedrich Karl von Schönborn- Buchheim, who played an important role in the region, among other things as a builder, the Göllersdorf castle.

Policy

• Mayor of the municipality is Josef pure wine, chief officer Leopold Maurer.
• In the market there are a total of 21 council seats after the municipal elections of 14 March 2010, the following distribution of seats:

ÖVP 12, 7 SPÖ, FPÖ 2, no other seats.

Population Development

According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 2939 inhabitants. In 1991, the market town of 2614 inhabitants, 1981 and 2427 in 1971, 2625 inhabitants.

Attractions

• Parish Göllersdorf: the parish church of St. Martin is located at the south end of the main square of Göllersdorf. It was built from 1456 and Baroque style in 1740/1742 by Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt on behalf of Friedrich Karl von Schönborn- Buchheim and expanded. From the gothic heart of the north tower and the choir are obtained.
• Schloss Schönborn: baroque, also a work by Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt. The same builder, the hunting palace of the Count Schönborn is attributed in Porrau.
• Loreto Church: built 1725-1730; served as a crypt of the Counts of Schönborn- Buchheim
• Loretto Chapel: the already built 1694-1715 Loreto chapel of Loreto Church connected
• Castle Göllersdorf: Renaissance castle. Here is now the prison Göllersdorf, are housed in the mentally abnormal offenders of the Austrian penal system.
• Bergauer parish: the parish church of the Holy Ägydius is increased; End of the 17th century, built as a baroque hall construction; received early 18th century when western steeple a neoclassical facade. Altarpiece of Santo Ägydius by Johann Josef Schindler.
• Parish Church of Großstelzendorf: the St. Andrew consecrated, late Baroque, Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt attributed. From its Gothic predecessor of the north tower and the choir are obtained. In the Großstelzendorf villages church there are several altars, one altarpiece depicting the Magi by Martin Johann Schmidt was created. On Set around the church cemetery numerous late baroque grave stones of sandstone have survived. Station Göllersdorf
• Oberparschenbrunner local chapel, the Chapel of St. Lawrence was at the turn of the 17th/18th. Built century and is not to be confused with the nearby north of Oberparschenbrunn Chapel, this was not built until the late 19th century.

Economy

Non-agricultural work places there were in 2001, 74 agricultural and forestry holdings according to the 1999 survey 144 The number of employed people was according to the 2001 census, 1595.

Traffic

Göllersdorf located on the north western railway.

Personalities

Sons and daughters

• Wilhelm Scherer (1841-1886), Austrian German scholar, one of the most influential Germanists end of 19.Jhdts. , Half-brother of Anton Stadler
• Anton Stadler (1850-1917), Austrian- German painter, director of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich